2015 Event After a credit rating downgrade to 'junk' by Standard & Poor's, Brazil implements a $17 billion austerity package that will eliminate ten government ministries, cut public spending, and halt both hiring and salary increases in the public sector 2015 Event Puerto Rico fails to make a $58 billion debt payment on bonds issued by the Public Finance Corporation; Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla warned creditors in June that debt restructuring will be needed to keep the government afloat 2015 Event A pending merger between telecommunication giants Comcast and Time Warner Cable is canceled after regulators indicate that there are concerns regarding competitive and public interest issues 2015 Event New anti-austerity Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras halts the public asset privatizations required under Greece's bailout agreement with its foreign creditors; Standard & Poor's has lowered its rating on Greek national debt from stable to negative 2015 Event Hosni Mubarak, former president of Egypt, may be freed after the nation's high court overturned the sole remaining verdict against him for embezzling public funds; Mubarak has been serving his three-year prison term in a hospital due to poor health 2014 Event Almost 200 nations at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Peru join an emissions reduction accord requiring each nation to post its plan online in 2015; the public can then pressure noncompliant nations to keep and strengthen their commitments 2014 Event The Vatican will install showers for the homeless in public restrooms on the grounds of St. Peter's Square; Archbishop Konrad Krajewski has also requested several local parishes around Rome to do the same 2014 Event Dr. Craig Spencer, diagnosed with Ebola on October 23rd, is healed and has been discharged from the hospital; Spencer raised fears of a U.S. epidemic after reporting that he had traveled to various public places the day before showing symptoms 2014 Event Australia bans all visas from the Ebola-hit nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone; the nation's officials state that this is required to preserve public health, but health experts have criticized the policy 2014 Event North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not attend festivities for today's North Korean Workers' Party holiday; Kim has not made any public appearances since early September, raising questions regarding his whereabouts and his health 2014 Event In addition to financial support and medical expertise, the U.S. is sending engineers to West Africa to build Ebola treatment clinics, will provide training for hundreds of healthcare workers, and will offer Ebola education packets to the public 2014 Event Iran is strengthening gender segregation policies, forbidding women to work in public areas of restaurants and seeking separation from men in office settings; the move will increase the 18.9% female jobless rate 2014 Event Labor unions of workers in the public sector went on strike across the U.K. to protest wage increases below the rate of inflation; unions claim that over one million workers participated 2014 Event After nearly 40 years on the throne, King Juan Carlos of Spain is abdicating and installing his son Felipe; unfavorable opinion, health issues and investigation of daughter Cristina in a public funds theft scandal have taken their toll on the king 2014 Event Italian officials announce that many of the country's public assets will be sold in an effort to reduce the country's debt; plans to sell part of the nation's air traffic control and postal services have already been approved 2014 Event Unidentified remains of victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack are put to rest in a private depository next to the museum at the World Trade Center Memorial site; the remains will not be accessible or viewable to the public 2014 Event Colombian coffee company Juan Valdez announces plans to go public in a couple of years; in the meantime, the company plans to expand its higher-end coffee shops around the globe in direct competition with Starbucks 2014 Event The U.S. Supreme Court rules that whistleblower protection under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act extends to private employees working for public companies under contract 2014 Event Prominent Chinese legal activist, Xu Zhiyong, is sentenced to four years in prison; convicted of 'gathering a crowd to disturb public order,' the case is seen as evidence that Communist Party leaders wish to expunge any challenges to the power or leadership 2013 Event AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, merges with US Airways Group; American Airlines Group is formed and the public company begins trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol AAL 2013 Event Pope Francis displays relics believed to be the bones of St. Peter at a mass in St. Peter's Square; the first time the bones have ever been shown to the public 2013 Event The public learns about AT&T's The Hemisphere Project, which gives telephone call data to law enforcement agencies, including the DEA 2013 Event After sustaining extensive damage from Hurricane Sandy in late October 2012, the Statue of Liberty is once again open to the public 2013 Event Following the closure of the public broadcasting station ERT, Greek unions call for a general strike 2013 Event Russia enacts a country-wide smoking ban, effecting most public places 2013 Event Charged with bribing public officials in Argentina between 2005 and 2009, clothing retailer Ralph Lauren agrees to pay $1.6 million to resolve U.S. regulatory and criminal claims 2012 Event The United Kingdom plans to create new private and public sector universities; these will be the first universities the country has created in decades 2012 Event Half of the population of New York City, and millions of others in the Northeastern United States continue to deal with power outages, gas shortages and limited public transportation after Hurricane Sandy struck; the death toll rises to 90 2012 Event The U.S. Justice Department's inspector general reports that Operation Fast and Furious created a 'significant danger to public safety''; the investigation states Attorney General Eric Holder had no prior knowledge of the operation 2012 Event The Chicago Public Schools reaches a deal with the Chicago Teachers Union to end an 8-day strike 2012 Event For the first time, a browsable, analysable overview of four million functional elements of the human genome discovered to date, are made available to the public in the 'Encyclopedia of DNA Elements' 2012 Event Lebanon passes a ban prohibiting smoking in closed public places 2012 Event A proposal for a statue to George Orwell is flatly turned down by the BBC, who said Orwell resigned from the organization, 'because for some time past I have been conscious that I was wasting my time and the public money on doing work that produces no results.' 2012 Event Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's President, signs a controversial law concerning the status of 18 languages as regional and minority languages; the law allows officials in Russian-speaking regions of the country to use Russian in documents and at public events 2012 Event In India, a nationwide strike against rising gas prices closes shops and interrupts public transport across the country 2012 Event More than 700 writers, academics and others send a letter to protest the planned spending of $300 million on the Fifth Avenue Branch of the New York Public Library 2012 Event SkyNews admits it illegally hacked emails that belonged to members of the public on two separate occasions 2011 Event Ali Larijani, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, attacks Britain, claiming the students represent Iran's public opinion 2011 Event New York's Police Department clears Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zucotti Park, the public space they have occupied to stage their protest 2011 Event After a rare public outcry, President Thein Sein of Burma decides to halt the controversial Myitsone Dam project 2011 Event Google's new social network service, Google+, is released to the general public 2011 Event In the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Public Security arrests over 2,000 people in an effort to crackdown on gang-related crime 2011 Event With weak economic prospects and significant levels of public debt, Japan is downgraded to Aa3 by Moody's credit rating agency 2011 Event Nepal, India exercises a smoking ban in public places 2011 Event According to Bloomberg, Italian company Prada SpA is planning an initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange 2011 Event By order of an Egyptian court, the name of Egypt's former President, Hosni Mubarak, is stripped from public spaces, schools and streets 2011 Event National Public Radio CEO Vivian Schiller resigns after a scandal involving NPR executives 2010 Event Indonesian rights groups applaud the end of a Suharto-era law that bans books deemed 'offensive' or a 'threat to public order' 2010 Event Jakarta launches female train carriages in an effort to reduce incidents of public sexual harassment 2008 Event Bhutan holds it's first public election 2006 Death Caspar Weinberger, American Public Servant 2005 Death Peter Malkin, Israeli Public Servant 2003 Death Donald T. Regan, American Public Servant 2000 Death William Simon, American Public Servant 2000 Death William E. Simon, American Public Servant 1997 Event Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Pasadena California 1997 Event Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca New York 1996 Death Hugh Willatt, solicitor/public servant, dies at 91 1996 Death William Colby, American Public Servant 1996 Death Clifton Eugene Bancroft Robinson, public servant, dies at 70 1995 Death Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82 1995 Death Cleo Brown, pianist, performed on National Public Radio, dies at 91 1994 Event 1st trains for public run in English Channel Tunnel 1994 Event "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Lunt-Font New York City for 16 per 1993 Event Barbra Striesand does her 1st live public concert in 20 years 1993 Event Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness 1992 Death Oliver Franks, English Public Servant 1992 Death Mae Clarke, actress (Public Enemy, Frankenstein), dies at 84 1991 Event California University makes Dead Sea Scrolls public 1991 Death Vaughn Shoemaker, U.S. cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies 1990 Event Salman Rushdie, author, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for 1st time in 2 years 1990 Event Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far 1989 Event Disney's MGM Studio theme park officially opens to public 1989 Event Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public 1989 Event Fins ministry of Public health installs sex vacation to thwart stress 1988 Event Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays and other expressive activities 1987 Event Smoking forbidden in public buildings in Belgium 1987 Event Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing 1984 Death George Gallup, pioneer of public opinion polls, dies 1984 Event Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools 1984 Death Garry Winogrand, prolific photographer, known for 20th century portraits of America, focusing on social issues of the time, exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, published 'The Animals', 'Public Relations', dies of gallbladder cancer at age 56 1984 Event Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene 1984 Event California Supreme Court rejects quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia, who wants to starve herself to death in a public hospital 1983 Event Washington Public Power Supply System defaulted $2.25 billion 1983 Event AL President Lee MacPhail suspends Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for one week, for his public criticism of umpires 1982 Event Miguel Vasquez makes 1st public quadruple somersault on trapeze 1982 Event Intelligence Identities Protection Act (Public Law 97-200) 1982 Event Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education 1980 Event FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors 1979 Event "The Source," 1st computer public information service, goes on-line 1979 Event Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar 1978 Event President Carter answers caller questions on National Public Radio 1978 Event John Lydon forms rock group Public Ltd Image 1978 Event Former President Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974 1975 Event Boston begins court ordered busing of public schools 1974 Death Reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63 1974 Event Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof 1972 Death J. Edgar Hoover, American Public Servant 1971 Event All Things Considered premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations 1970 Death Alexander Kerensky, Russian Public Servant 1969 Event Boeing 747 jumbo jet 1st public preview (Seattle to New York City) 1969 Death Allen Dulles, American Public Servant 1969 Event "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy 1968 Event Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional 1968 Birthday Billy Crudup, born in Manhattan, New York, actor, appeared in film, 'Dedication', 'Watchmen', 'Public Enemies', 'Almost Famous', 'Big Fish' 1967 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting 1967 Event U.N. Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam 1966 Event Beatles last public concert (Candlestick Park, SF) 1966 Death Louis A. Johnson, American Public Servant 1965 Death George Black, Canadian Public Servant 1965 Event Rolling Stones fined 5 pounds each for public urination 1964 Event Beatles play at Public Auditorium in Cleveland 1964 Birthday William Eardley, IV, American Public Servant 1964 Event Supreme Court issues New York Times vs. Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel and recover damages 1964 Event Black and Puerto Rican students boycott New York City public schools 1964 Event Jacqueline Kennedy's 1st public appearance (TV) since assassination 1963 Event 20 black students entered public schools in Alabama 1963 Event 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school 1963 Event Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools 1963 Event Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors 1962 Event Justice Department files 1st suit to end segregation in public schools 1962 Event Public TV channel 13 begins in New York City 1962 Birthday Valerie Kaprisky, born in Paris, France, actress, Breathless, Public Woman 1962 Event U.S. Supreme Court disallows race separation on public transportation 1961 Birthday Dee Dee Myers, American Public Servant 1960 Birthday Ari Fleischer, American Public Servant 1960 Event Beatles give their 1st public performance (Kaiserkeller in Hamburg) 1960 Birthday Chuck D, born in Roosevelt, New York, rapper, author, leader, Public Enemy, created politically, socially conscious rap music, focused on hip hop genre, albums include, 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show', 'Fear of a Black Planet' 1960 Death Aly Khan, Italian Public Servant 1959 Birthday Martin Atkins, born in Coventry, England, Martin Clive Atkins, rocker, musician, worked with post-punk, industrial group Public Image Ltd., Ministry 1957 Birthday Margaret Spellings, American Public Servant 1957 Birthday Pete Jones, born near Watford, England, rocker, British bass guitarist, member of Public Image Ltd. 1957 Birthday Alan Donnelly, born in England, politician, Labor Party, leader, European Parliamentary Labor Party, 1998 - 2005, founded, serves, as executive chairman of public affairs company, Sovereign Strategy, represents President of Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, at Grand Prix 1957 Death Eliot Ness, American Public Servant 1957 Birthday Amy Goodman, born in Bay Shore, New York, journalist, author, host of 'Democracy Now!' public radio news program, focusing on peace, human rights movements 1957 Event San Francisco Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall 1956 Event Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses 1956 Event Louisville Kentucky public schools integrates 1956 Event Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public 1955 Birthday Bernard Kerik, American Public Servant 1955 Birthday Alberto Gonzales, American Public Servant 1954 Birthday Mike McCurry, American Public Servant 1954 Event School integration begins in Washington D.C. and Baltimore Md public schools 1954 Event Integration begins in Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland public schools 1954 Birthday Gale Norton, American Public Servant 1953 Birthday Douglas Feith, American Public Servant 1952 Event 1st human birth televised to public (KOA-TV Denver, Colorado) 1950 Birthday Jenny Holzer, born in Gallipolis, Ohio, conceptual artist, abstract artist, known for use of words and ideas in public spaces 1950 Event Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own constitution) 1950 Death Bainbridge Colby, American Public Servant 1949 Birthday Joseph C. Wilson, American Public Servant 1949 Birthday Ann Veneman, American Public Servant 1948 Event "Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance 1947 Event President Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert 1947 Birthday Alexis Herman, American Public Servant 1947 Birthday John Reid, born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts, public service includes Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1946 Death Hans Frank, German Public Servant 1946 Birthday Alasdair Fraser, QC/director, Public Prosecutions for N Ireland 1946 Birthday Gary Bauer, American Public Servant 1946 Birthday Annette Penhaligon, born in England, politician, secretary for Member of Parliament for Truro, in Cornwall, England, knighted for services to politics and public service 1945 Birthday Sandy Berger, American Public Servant 1945 Event Elvis Presley's 1st public appearance, he is 10 1945 Birthday Sarah Tyacke, Keeper of British Public Records 1945 Birthday Alphonso Jackson, American Public Servant 1945 Birthday Dorothy Denning, American Public Servant 1944 Birthday Robert Mueller, American Public Servant 1944 Death Frank Knox, American Public Servant 1943 Birthday Mario Monti, Italian Public Servant 1942 Birthday John Ashcroft, American Public Servant 1941 Birthday Daniel Pinkwater, born in Memphis, Tennessee, author, children's books, critic, commentator, National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Saturday 1941 Birthday Richard Perle, American Public Servant 1941 Event Nazis order Polish Jews barred from using public transportation 1941 Birthday Donna Shalala, American Public Servant 1940 Birthday Barbara Mills, QC, British Director of Public Prosecutions 1939 Event NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with Franklin D. Roosevelt at opening of New York World's Fair 1938 Birthday Porter Goss, American Public Servant 1938 Event Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public and High School 1938 Event 1st public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV in London 1938 Birthday James G. Watt, Public Servant 1937 Birthday Allen Weinstein, American Public Servant 1936 Death Rainey Bethea, hanged, last U.S. public execution 1935 Birthday Toshihiko Fukui, Japanese Public Servant 1934 Birthday Lakhdar Brahimi, Public Servant 1933 Event Public Works Administration becomes effective 1933 Birthday Edward de Bono, physician, inventor, consultant, author, invented term lateral thinking, promoted deliberate teaching of thinking as a subject in public schools, advanced applied psychology, making theories about creativity, perception into usable tools 1933 Event Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany 1933 Birthday Richard Rose, Professor of Public Policy, Strathclyde University 1933 Event 1st 2 Nazi anti-Jewish laws, bars Jews from legal and public service 1933 Birthday Myrlie Evers-Williams, politician and commissioner LA Board of Public works 1932 Birthday Otto Schily, German Public Servant 1932 Birthday Karl Kroeger, born in Louisville, Kentucky, composer, studied with Claude Almand, head, American Music Collection, New York Public Library 1931 Birthday Charles W. Colson, Public Servant 1930 Birthday Morag Timbury, director, Central Public Health Laboratory 1930 Event New York City public schools begin teaching Hebrew 1930 Birthday Patrick Pery, born in Ireland, born Patrick Edmund Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Irish peer, public servant 1929 Birthday John Naisbitt, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, author, public speaker, futures studies, wrote, 'Megatrends', 1982, sold over 9 million copies in 57 countries, special assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson 1928 Birthday G H Martin, British keeper of Public Records 1928 Birthday David Somerset, born in England, David Robert Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort, British peer, criticized for accepting public funds on riverbed land granted to his dukedom 400 years ago 1928 Birthday Garry Winogrand, born in New York City, New York, prolific photographer, known for 20th century portraits of America, focusing on social issues of the time, exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, published 'The Animals', 'Public Relations' 1927 Birthday William E. Simon, American Public Servant 1927 Birthday Peter Malkin, Israeli Public Servant 1927 Birthday Robert Bork, American Public Servant 1927 Event Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games played between Chicago and Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to White Sox 1926 Birthday Jeane Kirkpatrick, American Public Servant 1926 Birthday Clifton Eugene Bancroft Robinson, public servant 1926 Event 1st public demonstration of television, John L Baird, London 1924 Event London public transport strike ends 1924 Birthday William Hedgcock Webster, American Public Servant 1923 Event Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public 1923 Event 1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (New York City) 1923 Birthday Markus Wolf, German Public Servant 1922 Birthday Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian Public Servant 1921 Birthday Jim Garrison, American Public Servant 1921 Event Belgium's public library law goes into force 1920 Event Enrico Caruso gives his last public performance (New York City) 1920 Birthday George Schultz, American Public Servant 1920 Birthday Stewart L. Udall, Public Servant 1920 Birthday William Colby, American Public Servant 1919 Event 1st public performance of Holst's "Planets" 1918 Birthday Donald T. Regan, American Public Servant 1917 Birthday Caspar Weinberger, American Public Servant 1917 Event SF Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated 1916 Birthday C. Everett Koop, American Public Servant 1915 Death Edith Cavell, American Public Servant 1914 Event New York Post Office Building opens to public 1913 Event New York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to U.S. public 1913 Birthday Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant 1911 Event 1st public elevator (London's Earl's Court Metro Station) 1911 Birthday Aly Khan, Italian Public Servant 1911 Event New York Public Library building at 5th Avenue dedicated by President Taft 1910 Event Blanche Scott became 1st woman solo a public airplane flight 1909 Birthday Cleo Brown, born in Mississippi, pianist, vocalist, stage name Cleo Patra Brown, performed on National Public Radio, stride piano playing was compared to Fats Waller 1909 Birthday Sibel Edmonds, American Public Servant 1909 Birthday Joe Arpaio, American Public Servant 1908 Event New York City regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public 1907 Death Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (public baths), dies at 58 1906 Birthday Clark M. Clifford, American Public Servant 1905 Birthday Leon Jaworski, American Public Servant 1905 Birthday Robert Houben, Belgian CVP-minister of Public health, 1958 1905 Birthday Hugh Willatt, solicitor/public servant 1905 Birthday Oliver Franks, English Public Servant 1904 Death John Simon, public health pioneer, dies 1903 Event San Francisco - Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use 1902 Event Building begins on Dutch public housing 1902 Birthday John Dillinger, U.S. bank robber, public enemy #1 1902 Event Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn 1901 Birthday George Gallup, Jefferson Iowa, public opinion pollster, Gallup Poll 1900 Event Carrie Nation's 1st public smashing of a bar (Carey Hotel, Wichita KS) 1900 Birthday Hans Frank, German Public Servant 1896 Event 1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY) 1896 Event 1st public film showing in U.S. John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in New York City 1895 Birthday J. Edgar Hoover, American Public Servant 1894 Event 1st public showing of Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures) 1893 Birthday Allen Dulles, American Public Servant 1892 Event Pledge of Allegiance 1st recited in public schools 1892 Event 1st public appearance of John Philip Sousa's band, New Jersey 1892 Event 1st public basketball game (Springfield, Massachuetts) 1891 Birthday Edward L Bernays, Vienna Austria, 1st public relations agent 1891 Birthday Edward Bernays, public relations expert 1891 Event 1st public bathhouse with showers opens in New York City (People's Bath) 1891 Birthday Louis A. Johnson, American Public Servant 1889 Event Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii 1888 Event Washington Monument opens for public admittance 1888 Birthday James A. Farley, Public Servant 1887 Event Charles Dickens' 1st public reading in U.S. (New York City) 1886 Event Horlick's of Wisconsin offers 1st malted milk to public 1886 Event 1st public Dutch electricity opens 1880 Event SF Public Library starts lending books 1879 Event Edison gives 1st public demonstration of his incandescent lamp 1877 Event San Francisco Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes 1876 Event 1st public exhibition of electric light in San Francisco 1874 Birthday Frank Knox, American Public Servant 1873 Event 1st kindergarten public school opens in St. Louis 1873 Birthday George Black, Canadian Public Servant 1870 Event Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert 1869 Birthday Bainbridge Colby, American Public Servant 1869 Event Louisiana governor signs public accommodations law 1868 Death Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution 1866 Event Woodward's Gardens opens to public 1865 Birthday Edith Cavell, American Public Servant 1863 Event Dr. Charles H Sheppard opens 1st public bath, in Brooklyn 1861 Event 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington and Mason St, SF 1860 Birthday Thomas Hastings, born in New York City, architect, New York Public Library 1858 Death Anson Jones, American Public Servant 1852 Event 1st British public female toilet opens (Bedford Street London) 1852 Event 1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St. London) 1852 Event 1st U.S. public bath opens, in New York City 1850 Event 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration 1848 Event Thomas Douglas becomes 1st San Francisco public teacher 1847 Event 1st Dutch public telegram 1846 Event Dr. William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether 1840 Event Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date 1838 Event Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph 1833 Event Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs 1833 Event 1st tax-supported public library in Peterborough, New Hampshire 1825 Event 1st public railroad using steam locomotive completed in England 1824 Death Charles Thomson, American Public Servant 1824 Event Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson 1824 Birthday Elisha Harris, U.S., physician/found American Public Health Assoc 1824 Event J. W. Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public 1821 Birthday Clara Barton, American Public Servant 1820 Death Pierre-Joseph Cambon, member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63 1819 Event 1st public performance of a Schubert song, "Schafers Klageleid" 1818 Event Felix Mendelssohn, 9, performs his 1st public concert (Berlin) 1817 Death John Philpot Curran, Irish Public Servant 1814 Birthday Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for New York Public Library 1803 Event 1st public library opens (Connecticut) 1798 Event U.S. Public Health Service forms and U.S. Marine Hospital authorized 1798 Birthday Anson Jones, American Public Servant 1796 Birthday Horace Mann, U.S., educator/author/editor, pioneered public schools 1794 Event Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August) 1794 Event 1st session of U.S. Senate open to the public 1793 Event 1st public zoo opens in Paris 1793 Event Georges Couthon chosen member of French Committee the Salut Public 1783 Event Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight 1776 Event John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Decleration of Independence in Philadelphia 1766 Birthday Samuel Wilson, American Public Servant 1756 Birthday Pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public 1750 Birthday John Philpot Curran, Irish Public Servant 1748 Event Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed 1742 Event Faneuil Hall opens to public 1729 Birthday Charles Thomson, American Public Servant 1690 Event Revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking 1673 Event English king Charles II accept Test Act: RC excluded of public functions 1667 Event 1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris) 1635 Event Oldest U.S. public institution, Boston Latin School founded 1599 Event Caravaggio's 1st public commission for paintings 1562 Event Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death) 1520 Event 1st public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain 1519 Event Public debate between Martin Luther and theologist John Eck 418 Event Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire
